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San Antonio, TX    February 22, 2001

Proxy Web Servers and Authentication > Commercial Proxy Servers > EZproxy

Proxy Characteristics

Bandwidth Conservation
No. No caching built in. EZproxy can be chained to another proxy server.
Statistics
Yes. Statistics stored in Common Logfile Format without usernames
Filtering
No.
Remote Resource Access
Yes. Authentication via IP address, text file of usernames/passwords, FTP/IMAP/POP login, or an extensible API based on HTTP requests. Latest version also includes authentication by LDAP, Radius, and INNOPAC Patron-API as well as the ability to limit database access to specific groups of users.